Maintenance Technician

Silgan Plastics•Mequon, WI

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Maintenance Technician will be responsible for repairs, troubleshooting and expertise in functionality of all machinery, high speed robotics and automation and plant support equipment. This includes troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic circuits with the aid of schematics and repairing electric circuits with complete understanding of electrical schematic diagrams.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required with additional related education / training a plus.
Minimum 4 years maintenance experience required.
Working knowledge of robotics and automation required.
Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and electricity
Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance manuals and technical procedures.
Ability to effectively communicate with all level of employees within the organization as well as contractors.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Must be able to apply common sense, understand and carry out instructions given in written, verbal or diagram form.
The ability to effectively prioritize activities and conduct duties with minimal supervision is important.
The ability to diagnose equipment malfunctions where limited information exists.
Ability to instruct other individuals in safe operation of equipment.
Ability to obtain and maintain required certifications.
Strong mechanical, hydraulics and pneumatic maintenance skills, ability to troubleshoot and repair all production facility equipment.
Proficient in the following trades: Welding, electronics, air compressor, machine shop, hydraulics, electrical maintenance.
Requires regular standing, walking, manipulating hands, wrist and fingers to grasp tools and parts as well as reaching with hands and arms.
Required to carry up to 50lbs up to 10 feet.
Occasionally lift 75lbs (various pieces of equipment) from floor to waist level.
Required to initiate push/pulling forces of up to 40lbs and sustained forces of up to 20lbs for a distance of up to 100 feet.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Maintenance experience in repairing plastic injection molding machines (Husky, Van Dorn) and related equipment is desired.
Industrial level electrical/PLC skills a plus.

Responsibilities

Maintain, troubleshoot and repair high speed robotics and automation equipment.
Maintain, troubleshoot and repair injection molding machines and a variety of, auxiliary equipment.
Service lifts, hoists, power and miscellaneous material handling equipment.
Maintain and repair plant systems to include plumbing, heating and air conditioning, ventilating and exhaust equipment, compressors, etc.
Perform electrical repairs to machines and equipment.
Diagnose electrical / electronic malfunctions, troubleshoot microprocessors.
Work from prints, plans, sketches and layouts.
Perform preventive maintenance activities on all production equipment in a timely manner.
Use precision measuring instruments such as scale, calipers, dividers, level, micrometers, etc.
All employees are required to understand and follow all Quality Food Safety Management System (QFSMS) policies and procedures.
Employees are responsible for reporting problems with the QFSMS to a supervisor or manager.